6 customisable OKR examples for It Teams
What are It Teams OKRs?
The Objective and Key Results (OKR) framework is a simple goal-setting methodology that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s. It became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s, and it's now used by teams of all sizes to set and track ambitious goals at scale.
Formulating strong OKRs can be a complex endeavor, particularly for first-timers. Prioritizing outcomes over projects is crucial when developing your plans.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for It Teams to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own It Teams OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Feel free to explore our tools:
- Use our free OKR generator
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Our customisable It Teams OKRs examples
You'll find below a list of Objectives and Key Results templates for It Teams. We also included strategic projects for each template to make it easier to understand the difference between key results and projects.
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to streamline and automate IT infrastructure processes
Streamline and automate IT infrastructure processes
Implement automation in 70% of server management tasks to enhance efficiency
Train the team on implementing automation processes- Identify the predominant server management tasks for automation
- Research and select suitable automation tools
- Deploy desktop automation to reduce manual tasks in IT support by 50%
- Purchase and install necessary automation software
- Identify repetitive, manual tasks in IT support for automation
- Train IT support staff in automation usage
- Develop an automated solution to resolve 60% of common network issues
- Test and implement the automation solution
- Identify common network issues and their frequency
- Design a prototype for automated issue resolution
2. OKRs to improve incident management
- Build an amazing incident management process
- Reduce the number of regressions by 60%
- Increase the size of the incident response team from 2 to 6 people
- Reduce the MTTR from 3h to 60 minutes
3. OKRs to increase security awareness
- Make security part of our culture
- Roll out fleet management pilot to 30% of the company
- 2FA is used on all 3rd party services used by employees
- 100% of our employees have gone through security training
4. OKRs to improve developer experience by improvign dev speed
- Provide amazing Developer Experience (DX) by improving dev speed
- 90% of products have a standardized Continuous Delivery pipeline
- Reduce average build time from 20 minutes to 2 minutes
- Reduce release cycle time from 12 days to 3 days
5. OKRs to improve the Disaster Recover process
- Have a world class DR process
- Increase the number of DR tests from 1 to 3 per quarter
- Reduce recovery period from 24h to 12h
- Reduce recovery point objective from 12 business hours to 4 business hours
6. OKRs to enhance application security knowledge and awareness among teams
- Improve application security knowledge and awareness
- Increase the frequency of security checklist reviews by 50%
- Conduct at least one security training session per team
- Provide secure coding guidelines and best practices to each team
- Implement a mandatory security certification program for all teams
It Teams OKR best practices to boost success
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
Having too many OKRs is the #1 mistake that teams make when adopting the framework. The problem with tracking too many competing goals is that it will be hard for your team to know what really matters.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
Tability's audit dashboard will highlight opportunities to improve OKRsTip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Setting good goals can be challenging, but without regular check-ins, your team will struggle to make progress. We recommend that you track your OKRs weekly to get the full benefits from the framework.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
Tability's check-ins will save you hours and increase transparencyTip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to turn your It Teams OKRs in a strategy map
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Spreadsheets are enough to get started. Then, once you need to scale you can use a proper OKR platform to make things easier.
Tability's Strategy Map makes it easy to see all your org's OKRsIf you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More It Teams OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
- OKRs to streamline SPX single membership SDLC process
- OKRs to enhance autonomous, highly effective project management skills
- OKRs to enhance analysis and implementations of Power BI Reports
- OKRs to secure Seed funding
- OKRs to improve customers' delivery experience significantly
- OKRs to enhance proficiency in managing administrative tasks and assigned duties
OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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